Seven more speakers confirmed for Wired 2014

The next batch of speakers has been announced for Wired 2014, our
annual event to promote disruptive thinking.

There will be around 48 speakers at the two-day event in October
sharing their radical ideas on how to switch, change-up and
overthrow current global systems and cultures. Joining the existing
line-up will be:

Professor Sugata Mitra -- Professor of
Educational Technology at Newcastle University and winner of the
2013 TED Prize for his wish to build a School in the Cloud, where
children can explore and learn from one another.

Cesar A. Hidalgo -- Head of the Macro
Connections group at the MIT Media Lab who focuses on improving our
understanding of the world's complexity, including the development
of data collection.

There are yet more speakers to be announced in the run-up to the
event at London's Tobacco Dock, E1 on 16 and 17 October. They will
be joining previously announced speakers including:
Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental scientist at
New York University, who focuses on human cooperation, and what
makes us feel shame; John Graham-Cumming,
programmer and author of The Geek Atlas, who has tracked
Hollywood's portrayal of geeks over the decades; Saul
Singer, co-author of the bestselling book Start-Up
Nation, on what it takes to launch a successful innovation
hub; and web pioneer Ze Frank, Executive Vice
President for Video at BuzzFeed, where he is focused on finding new
formats in social video and is known for creating viral projects
such as 'Earth Sandwich' and 'You Me/Now Me'

There are a limited number of tickets available for Wired
2014, currently selling at Early Bird prices (10 percent discount)
until 1 August. There is a further 10 percent discount for Wired
subscribers. For further information, or for registration and
booking, go to: http://www.wiredevent.co.uk/wired-2014.